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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 14 and 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to corporations, partnerships, and associations and courts, respectively, so as to provide for certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to permit a corporation's bylaws or articles of incorporation to require certain claims to be heard by the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for removal of certain claims to the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for attorney's fees and costs; to exempt payment of attorney's fees and costs in certain situations; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1185"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1185 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "PARTNERSHIPS", "AND ASSOCIATIONS", "COURTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Devan Seabaugh", "Matthew Gambill", "Rob Leverett", "Stan Gunter", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-02-04"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b184d7c-7d9c-4495-95a9-06e5f23997e8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dc56e3e9cf8c142dd4db96b067ff342f7570caea4a401e7c53197d1aaadd7f87"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1185 (2025_26) — Courts; certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 14 and 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to corporations, partnerships, and associations and courts, respectively, so as to provide for certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to permit a corporation's bylaws or articles of incorporation to require certain claims to be heard by the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for removal of certain claims to the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for attorney's fees and costs; to exempt payment of attorney's fees and costs in certain situations; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1185/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248645.pdf)
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2. **LC 62 0291-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241479.pdf)
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3. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247533.pdf)
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4. **Sen Floor Amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247579.pdf)
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5. **Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 49 0325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247480.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor Amend 2A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247569.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor Amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247562.pdf)
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8. **Sen Floor Amend 3A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247561.pdf)
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9. **Sen Floor Amend 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248109.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #810 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **27–23** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #871 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–2** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #870 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **37–9** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #809 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **14–35** (fail) · upper
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- House Vote #828 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **97–65** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #566 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **104–66** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 460 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b184d7c-7d9c-4495-95a9-06e5f23997e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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